Improvement in devices for removing obstructions from waste-pipes



T. BJARMSTEAD. Device for Removing Obstructions from Wast -Pipes.

No: 220,330. Patented Oct. 7,1879.

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WITNESSES W I @0241 M 6? ATTORNEYS.

N.PETERS. PMOTO LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D c.

SWILL B. ARMSTEAD, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JOHN CHRISTIE, OF SAME PLACE, AND ANTHONY T. BISSETT, OF BROOK- Y To all whom 'it may concern: a

known that I, TASWILL B. ARMSTEAD, of the city, county, and State of New York,

l have invented a new and useful Improvement Ailr'aADe-vice for Removing Obstructions from Waste-Pipes, of which the following is a specifiiatioln A ,ITQFlglHG 1 is a longitudinal section of my im- -proved device, taken through the line :10 00, Fig.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

A :-The object of this invention is to furnish an improved implement for removing obstructrons from the waste-pipesof water-closets,bathtubs, wash-bowls, sinks, &c., and which shall ,be simple in construction, convenient and effective in operation, andinexpensive in manufacture.

The invention iconsistsln the combination of ..the tube and the two disks with the rubber AA A cup, and the perforated handle provided with a disk at the lower end of its shank, as herein- 1 after fully described.

it A represents a bell-shaped cup of rubber,

A the bottom of which is clamped between two disks, B, of metal, which are screwed upon the lower end of a tube, 0. The upper end of the tube 0 is screwed into. the hole at the j. lower end of the shank-of the handle D, whichis so formed that the hand, when in the natural position for using theimplemeut, may close the hole at the upper end of the handle. The

tube 0 should be a foot and a half (more or less) in length for clearing the waste-pipes of twater-closets; but for clearing the waste-pipes IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS FROM WASTE-PIPES.

iwpecifi'cation forming part of Letters Patent No; 220,330, dated'October 7, 1879; application filed April 24, 1879.

of bath-tubs, wash bowls, sinks, &c.,.it may be made shorter.

Upon the lower end of the shank of the handle D is formed a circular disk, E, to serve as a fender to prevent the water from dashing against the hand when using the implement.

In using the implement for clearing the waste-pipes of water-closets, the handle D is grasped by the hand in such a way that the hand may cover and close the hole at the upper end of the said handle, the water is turned on, and the implement is moved rapidly up and down through the said waste-pipe until the obstruction is loosened and forced through into the sewer. The handis then adjusted so as to allow the air to pass down through the tube G, and the implement can be readily withdrawn from the said waste-pipe.

In usingthe implementfor clearing the wastepipes of bath-tubs, wash-bowls, sinks, &c., the water is turned on, the rubber cup A is placed over the waste-hole, and the handleD is moved rapidly up and down until the obstruction is removed.

Having thus described my invention, 1

.claim as new and desire to secure by Letters TASWILL B. ARMSTEAD."

Witnesses:

J. H. SCARBOROUGH, (J. SEDGWICK. 

